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#167: Shepherds Lost and Found: Ministry, Hope, and Preaching Jesus

by Matt Kennedy | Sep 8, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Go to Church, Jesus, Podcast, Presbyterians, The Gospel

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about a pastor’s essay about leaving the ministry. They discuss expectations, the difficulties of parish ministry, and the consolation they find in Christ. Programming note: the guys recorded...

Judgmental Non-Judgment and Burning Man

by Nick Lannon | Sep 7, 2023 | False Teachers and Their Enablers, Go to Church, Pornography, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Gospel

I originally wrote this in 2013. But, you know, Burning Man hasn’t changed that much… Many words have been typed (I miss the expression “much ink has been spilled.” It’s a beautiful image lost to the sands of the twentieth century) about the hypocrisy of...

When The Preacher Sins

by Anne Kennedy | Sep 3, 2023 | Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, Prosperity Gospel, The Gospel

Photo by Nycholas Benaia on Unsplash I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we have been trucking along through Matthew for the summer, because it’s year A in the lectionary. If you don’t catch a moment to read the Bible at any other moment, at least you will get to hear...

On Leaves And Rocks

by Anne Kennedy | Aug 27, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, LGBTQIetc, Woke Church

Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash I haven’t read Quillette much since Claire Lehmann converted into a scold in the era of Covid, but I saw this article tweet/posted early this morning, and, while a touch inflammatory in tone, it seems like a fairly comprehensive...

Old Souls in a New World

by Anne Kennedy | Aug 20, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, History, Jesus, The Gospel

Photo by Jacob Bentzinger on Unsplash This is turning out to be the unexpected blogging era of musical commentary. Even as I was trashing “Oceans” last Sunday (if you love it, I’m so sorry, I totally listened to it all week out of penance), Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men...

Yeah Yeah Yeah

by Anne Kennedy | Aug 13, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Growth, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus

Photo by Nick Moore on Unsplash You may have come across a song in the last few days that has been downloaded an exceptionally high number of times. I was listening to it myself when I happened to click over to the lections for today, at which point I sighed heavily...